News from January 2022

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
An Alpine man was sentenced yesterday to two life sentences in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Although January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the FBI takes a collaborative, victim-centered approach to its trafficking cases every day of the year.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Stephen Coleman, 30 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to four counts of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A San Antonio woman was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for fraud.According to court documents, Irene M.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A Columbia County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for recording his repeated rape and abuse of a child over a period of five years and secretly recording a second child using a bathroom.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
This week marks Data Privacy Week—a national and international effort to teach consumers and businesses how to better manage personal information and keep it secure.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A Portland man pleaded guilty today for perpetrating a scheme to steal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
FBI Phoenix wants you to take advantage of the new year to do some deep cleaning of your digital devices. By keeping up with your “cyber hygiene,” it could help protect you from bad actors, and may help your device run more efficiently.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A Portland man affiliated with the Hoover Criminal Gang and Krude Rude Brood was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a short-barrel shotgun as a convicted felon.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Marcus A. Beasley, 34, appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date. Beasley was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A New Jersey-based political consultant today admitted hiring two men to kill a longtime associate who had worked for him on various political campaigns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Savannah River Remediation (SRR), EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS), sponsored four University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) engineering students for their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) capstone project.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dwayne Butler, 27, of Chester, PA, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $4,000 special assessment by United States District Court Chief Judge Juan R. Sanchez for his role as one the most prolific members of the “3rd Bone” drug trafficking group, a violent street gang that sold large amounts of crack, cocaine, and heroin in downtown Chester.

By Art Benavidez | Jan 26, 2022
A new emergency vehicle alert method using GPS technology to warn drivers of first responder activity is currently being promoted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as a means of increasing compliance with state ‘move over laws’ and reducing the occurrence of related accidents.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Linda Grubb, age 74, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 24, 2022, to 12 months’ and one day imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia Rambo for wire fraud

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Richard Graves, 49, of Greensboro, N.C., appeared before U.S.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A Utah County resident was sentenced last Wednesday in connection with fraudulent representations he made to get a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today that Jaquari Trotter of Grand Rapids, Michigan pled guilty to shooting at a member of the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Jacob Splan, 39, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and 36 months of probation on Tuesday, in relation to making false statements to special agents from the United States Department of Transportation and the FBI.

By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Crystal Farmer, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.